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1933GD011568okBC7S2Farrar & Rinehart 1933. Farrar & Rinehart 1933 8vo. 1224 pages. Book bound in a red 3/4 leather with leather corners patterened designed boards and endpages. Five raised bands on spine no decorations between compartments title and author name in gilt on spine top edge gilt. Some edgewear to board tips but overall leather still looks very nice boards tight no cracking. Book very good. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Farrar & Rinehart Hardcover
193746686NY: Limited Editions Club. Fine with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth. Three volume set in slipcase. #840 of 1500 copies signed by illustrator Edward A. Wilson to the colophon. Fine condition. Laid in are two publisher's notes "Special note" and "Artist's note." The slipcase has a minor bump to heel and a tiny pull to the label. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Illustrator . Limited Editions Club hardcover
19391331bx130<p>Signed and inscribed by the author to William C. Waltemath of Rockville Centre N.Y. in March 1940: "To my esteemed friend / Wm C Waltemath. / With every good wish / from the author / Peyton H Enniss". 1st printing. VG in blue cloth white blocking. Top board illustration of Babylonian tablet of the flood. Mild wear at the edges. Illustrated endpapers include photos of Rosetta Stone Babylonian map of the world Walls of Jericho house foundation excavated at Ur of Chaldee more. Front pastedown is chart titled "Origin of the Alphabet". 124 pages 7 5/8"tall</p> New York: Biblical Treasures hardcover
1979001822Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Trails Travelled Tales Told by Hervey L. Chesley. Inscribed by J. Evetts Haley who wrote the forward on the full title page. No edition listed presumed first. Hardcover published in 1979 by Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library. Clipped jacket with some wear near the gutters and a 1/2 inch tear on the back panel. Book itself is in near fine to fine condition. <br/> <br/> Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library hardcover
1931030454London: King's Printer / Eyre and Spottiswoode 1931. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1004 pp. Tightly bound. Lower corners are bumped on volume I. In volume I I noticed some pages with short erasable vertical pencil lines in the page margins. Owner's bookplate on front paste downs. No dust jackets. Missing the slipcase. The cloth on the spines of all three volumes shows gray instead of the blue on the front and back of the boards from fading and age toning. Some age toning / mottling to end papers. Some foxing to page edges. This the first complete edition of Lord Hervey's Memoirs is limited to 900 copies. This set is number 255. 255 / 900. <br/> <br/> King's Printer / Eyre and Spottiswoode hardcover
1945002343Metropolitan Press n.d. 1945 1945. 1 vol paperback hinges fine pages fine overall VERY GOOD. Metropolitan Press, n.d., 1945 paperback
1957002958London: Secker 1957 book top corner bumped top edge foxed lighter foxing to fore edge book label foot of paste down unclipped DW sunned to spine with heavy chipping with loss to tail head of spine short splits three portraits of Joanne Woodward in her role as Eve in the 20th Century Fox film true non-fiction account of a split personality 313pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Secker hardcover
19485iiiDc0002New York and Toronto: Rinehart & Company 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover Canvas. Copyright 1948. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 458 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Dj missing. Previous owner's name inscribed on inside of front cover board. Rinehart & Company Hardcover
1927006568New York New York U.S.A.: George H. Doran Company 1927. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second Edition two volumes no marks underlining or bookplates. name/date in ink No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp with gold top text block. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square with light soiling on boards. No dust jacket. This collectible " FINE" condition second edition/first printing two volume set are protected with a clear polyester archival cover. Beautiful collectible copy at a reasonable price!. Unread. Pristine. GIFT QUALITY extra heavy additional postage <br/> <br/> George H. Doran Company hardcover
1927008826New York: George H. Doran Company 1927. 932pp/illus. Complete in Two Volumes. Burgandy cloth with gilt stamping. Hinges starting spine ends and cover corners are slightly scuffed and rubbed. Contents are bright and complete. Overall nice copies. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. George H. Doran Company hardcover
193828191New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in a good dust jacket. Book frayed; wear to corners. Jacket taped to book; chipped and torn including three inch tear to spine. Stated first edition. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1930467a8390Toronto: Longman's Green and Co. 1930. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 188 pages. Cute colour illustrations. Originally published in U.S. in 1924. Above-average wear. Some lean to spine. Back hinge going. School marks inside each board. Few marks to contents. Longman's, Green and Co. Hardcover
193330067NY: Farrar and Rinehart. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1933. 1st Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth over flexible boards gilt lettering on spine blind-stamped borders and gilt lettering on cover fore-edge deckle. NB. William Hervey Allen Jr. 1889 1949 was an American educator poet and writer. He is best known for his work Anthony Adverse made into a 1936 movie of the same name regarded by many critics "as the model and precursor of the contemporary American historical novel." . Gilt lettering on spine faded head and heelof spine lightly worn else fine; unmarked tight square and clean. NEAR FINE. Decorations. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. xi 1224 pp . Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
1937445468Mount Vernon: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the Walpole Printing Office 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition this is number 1252 of 1500 copies printed. Three volume set. New introduction by the author. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Spine gilt tarnished else fine housed in a very good worn slipcase with chipping on open edges one edge split. Signed by the illustrator on limitation page of volume three. Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the Walpole Printing Office hardcover
19340088622New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1934. First printing. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth with gilt titles inscribed by Hervey Allen clean unmarked text good copy minor tear to the front flyleaf's top edge small label on the rear pastedown discoloration and light wear to the book's covers no dust jacket. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
193314940New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1933. First Edition First printing. Hard Cover. Rinehart colophon present. FINE BOOK IN FLEXIBLE BLUE BOARDS WITH GOLD TRIM. DUST JACKET IS NEAR-FINE TO FINE CLEAN AND BRIGHT SLIGHT INEVITABLE DARKENING AND VERY MINOR EDGEWEAR. NO WRITING OR MARKS. A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY. Farrar & Rinehart unknown
193424938New York:: Farrar & Rinehart 1934. publisher's green gilt cloth in publisher's slipcase with applied color illustrations. Bookplate on each pastedown; spines a little sunned; otherwise very nice in a slipcase with some splitting along one joint and other minor use. . Large 8vo. Illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. Pen Docorations by Allan McNab. Farrar & Rinehart, hardcover
192968005New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The fourth collection of verse by Allen 1889-1949 the American author best known for his novel Anthony Adverse 1936. Presentation copy inscribed by Allen to the celebrated American poet Stephen Vincent Benet 1898-1943 on the front flyleaf. Small octavo. Original black cloth binding with gilt titles. The dust jacket is browned along the spine and folds; otherwise very good. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
192641298New York: George H. Doran 1926. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Small 4to hardcover with olive green boards and a paper title on the spine. Limited edition 603/1000. A collection of Edgar Allen Poe's brother William Henry Leonard Poe's poetry and a history of the family. The condition of the book is Very Good binding intact though there is weakness at pg 63; general aging; little to no shelf wear; little to no interior damage. 93pgs. <br/> <br/> George H. Doran hardcover
1923622542New Haven: Yale University Press 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. Blue papercovered boards titled in silver. Small red leather gilt bookplate of Anne J. Smith on front pastedown which has offset onto the facing page else near fine lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Eugene Delafield. Yale University Press hardcover
192211762New York:: James F. Drake 1922. First edition; No. 330 of 350 copies signed by the author. publisher's cloth-backed boards in glassine. Slight sunning to spine and edges of boards else a nice copy in glassine with some chips. 8vo. Illustrated by Bernhardt Wall. James F. Drake, hardcover
1948allen_morningNew York: Rinehart 1948. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Andrew Wyeth. Towards tbe Morning by Hervey Allen with illustrations by Andrew Wyeth. First edition first printing published by Rinehart in 1948. Near fine in a very good jacket. Apparently inscribed to actress Elizabeth Patterson by the author. Includes a guild review pamphlet with the corresponding illustrations and cover art by Wyeth. The third book in a triology of historical fiction 1st Rinehart hardcover
192410093New York & London: The Century Co. 1924. First edition. A near fine copy front hinge starting in a very good dust jacket shelfwear to edges minor loss to spine ends and corners spine age darkened with a damp stain. 10093. Octavo cloth. Travelogue of the author's visits to Asian countries. The Century Co. unknown
1948249660New York: Ralph F. Hartenstein. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. The contents of this volume are in two parts: Book I American Harness Horses and Horsemen by John Hervey and Book II American Harness Horses and Horsemen of Today edited by Edwin T. Keller. Rear cover is slightly stained front cover has a slight stain to the lower edge. Covers are slightly rubbed. Light wear to lower outer corner of rear cover. Owner's handwritten "Property of." or his name ink stamp on several pages including endpapers title page copyright page and foreword page. . Ralph F. Hartenstein hardcover
19250086037New York: Theatre Arts Monthly 1925. Paperback. Near Fine/Slipcase. July 1925 issue of this monthly literary journal featuring 'America's First First' a poem by Hervey Allen signed by him at the end. Softcover. Near Fine housed in folding chemise and leather-backed slipcase. From the Hervey Allen Collection of the University of Pittsburgh with their official withdrawn stamp and removed bookplate on the inside of the front wrap. Another stamp and bookplate are on the inside of the chemise as is a former owner's bookplate Major W. Van R. Whitall Of Pelham NY. A bright copy in ornate two-piece box. Light scuffing to leather spine on slipcase. Theatre Arts Monthly paperback